Abdulai Iddrisu (born 14 May 1997) is a Ghanaian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as

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for Tanzanian Premier League side Azam F.C.

Early life

Iddrisu was born on 14 May 1997 in Sawla in the

Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District is one of the seven districts in Savannah Region, Ghana. Originally it was formerly part of the then-larger Bole District in 1988, until the northern part of the district was split off by a decree of president John Agyeku ...

of the

Savannah Region The Savannah Region is one of the newest regions of Ghana and yet the largest region in the country. The creation of the Region follows presentation of a petition by the Gonja Traditional Council, led by the Yagbonwura Tumtumba Boresa Jakpa I. ...

. He started playing football as a goalkeeper at the age 13 in primary school after his sports master discovered his talent and football skills. Throughout his basic school level, he manned the post for every school he attended, participating in Inter-School and District Sports Competitions.

Career

Iddrisu joined

Bechem United Bechem United Football Club (officially: ''Bechem United Football Club'' or the "Hunters") is a Ghanaian professional football club, based in Bechem in the Ahafo Region They are competing in the Ghanaian Premier League and currently participating ...

in October 2020, ahead of the 2020–21 season. He made his debut on 7 February 2020, in their 3–1 home victory over Accra Great Olympics. He was given his first start of the season after playing second fiddle for majority of the season to either Prince Asempah or Daniel Afadzwu.He later became the first choice goalkeeper in that season. In the 2021/2022 season, Abdulai Iddrisu kept 18 clean sheets in 31 games, he also became the first goalkeeper to keep 7 consecutive clean sheets in a season. He was awarded the best goalkeeper award in Ghana ahead of Ibrahim Danlad of kotoko and Jojo Walcott of chalton athletics.

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* 1977 births Living people Ghanaian Muslims Men's association football goalkeepers Ghanaian men's footballers {{Ghana-footy-goalkeeper-stub